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==Compare and contrast a Sony Walkman with an Apple iPod, and describe the differences in their physical construction, interface design, technology and delivery of sound. Quick sketches are helpful for this analytical process.==

The Sony Walkman and the Apple iPod are both devices that are used to listen to music on the go. Both devices have differences in their physical construction, interface design, technology and delivery of sound. The Sony Walkman has function buttons that include symbols, and the words they signify. The walkman is thick, rectangular, has a small window where a cassette is placed, and has its logo on the front. Sony's placement of their logo on the walkman indicates that the they care more about the branding of the product. The walkman is mechanical because it includes a mechanical part that plays the cassette, and the function buttons work mechanically. It allows its user to listen to the music it plays with headphones that are large, and are placed on the ears rather than plugged in them. This allows people that surround the user to easily hear the users' music which prevents the user from listening to their music solely. This is why the user cannot get individual time they need when listening to music with the Sony walkman headphones.

The Apple iPod has a click wheel that has on it the functions which are manipulated by touch. The functions are shown as symbols only without the inclusion of words that signify them.The iPod is thin, rectangular, includes a window that displays playlists of music, and it has its logo at the back. Apple's placement of their logo on the iPod indicates that they care more about the user than on the branding of the iPod. The iPod is a digital device that plays music on the go. It includes an operating system and a computer chip that allows people to their imported playlists of digital music anywhere. It allows its user to listen to the music it plays with earbuds that are small, and are plugged in the ears. This way the music will only be heard by the user which permits individualization.

In conclusion, both devices are portable music players that represents music playing in different ways. The Sony Walkman is a mechanical music player while the Apple iPod is a digital music player. The iPod is more personalized and individualized than the walkman since the user can hide their playlist while listening to it, listen to their own playlist, and listen to their own music solely. The walkman does not play mp3 songs unlike an iPod that does. The ipod is a product that is customized to its user unlike a walkman which just makes it possible to listen to music on the go.